Functional Magnetic Resonance Demonstrates Areas Of Brain Active When Sensation Of the Desire To Void Is Influenced Intentionally
Tuesday, 01 November 2005
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - Suprapontine centers are responsible for the voluntary initiation and postponement of micturition.
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Augmented Extracellular ATP Signaling In Painful Bladder Syndrome / Interstitial Cystitis (PBS/IC) Suggests Possibilities Of Novel Therapeutic Approaches
Monday, 31 October 2005
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - Bladder urothelial cells (BUC) may play a key pathophysiologic role leading to PBS/IC. Epithelial cells lining hollow organs, including the bladder, may have neurosensory-like functions, as the cells can release adenosine triphosphate (ATP) in response to stretch.
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Pathophysiology Of Urgency May Be Distinct From That Of Detrusor Overactivity
Thursday, 27 October 2005
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - A connexin is a special type of protein composed of an assembly of six subunits that are called connexins.
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Cystoscopy With Hydrodistension Found To Provide Little Information And Only Short-Lived Improvement In Symptoms
Tuesday, 18 October 2005
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - Interstitial cystitis (IC) is characterized by chronic urinary urgency, frequency, and/or pelvic pain in the absence on any known etiology.
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Urothelium: A Drug Target For Urinary Bladder Pain
Monday, 03 October 2005
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday Inc.) - In a very interesting review article, Lori Birder from the University Of Pittsburgh School Of Medicine focuses on the urothelium as an organ deserving more attention as a potential treatment target for painful bladder syndromes.
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Persistent Infection Effectively Ruled Out As Cause Of Painful Bladder Syndrome / Interstitial Cystitis (PBS/IC)
Thursday, 29 September 2005
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday Inc.) - Urine culture and bladder biopsies of patients with interstitial cystitis or painful bladder syndrome have produced variable results.
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Cystoscopy With Hydrodistention Under Anesthesia Not Routinely Necessary As Diagnostic Test For Interstitial Cystitis
Tuesday, 27 September 2005
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday Inc.) - Ottem and Teichman from Vancouver reported results of a retrospective review of 84 consecutive patients diagnosed with interstitial cystitis based on pain urgency frequency (PUF) questionnaire, history, physical examination, and 48 hour voiding diary, urinalysis, and urine culture.
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Botox Disappointing For Treatment Of Interstitial Cystitis
Friday, 23 September 2005
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday Inc.) - Hann-Chorng Kuo studied the use of suburothelial injection of Botulinum A toxin in 8 women and 2 men with interstitial cystitis who had failed conventional treatment.
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Cannabinoid Analog, Stem Cells Show Promise In Treatment Of Bladder Disorders
Friday, 02 September 2005
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - IP751, a synthetic analog of tetrahydrocannabinol, reduces bladder overactivity in mouse models of interstitial cystitis, investigators report this week at the annual meeting of the International Continence Society.
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Painful Bladder Syndrome / Interstitial Cystitis Symptoms Merit Investigation: Don?t Jump To Conclusions
Thursday, 01 September 2005
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday Inc.) - P. Irwin and A Samsudin remind us that interstitial cystitis (IC) remains a diagnosis of exclusion, and exclusion is the operative word.
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Painful Bladder Syndrome May Represent A Visceral Pain Syndrome
Monday, 29 August 2005
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday Inc.) - In a study reported by M P FitzGerald and D Koch and scheduled for presentation at the International Continence Society Meeting in Montreal this month, patients with painful bladder syndrome were compared to patients with stress urinary incontinence and asymptomatic controls, looking at results of visceral and cutaneous sensory testing.
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Two Reports Suggest Painful Bladder / Interstitial Cystitis Symptoms Are More Prevalent Than Previously Thought
Thursday, 25 August 2005
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday Inc.) - The prevalence of interstitial cystitis (IC) symptoms may be more common than previously reported according to two recent reports in the literature.
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Irritable Bowel Syndrome And Depression Examined In Women With Interstitial Cystitis
Tuesday, 23 August 2005
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday Inc.) - A case-control study was carried out to identify any relationship between interstitial cystitis (IC) and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and depression by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and recently reported in an article by Joseph Novi and colleagues.
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Neural Cross-Talk May Explain Overlap Of Irritable Bowel, Interstitial Cystitis
Tuesday, 05 July 2005
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Researchers have observed in rats that acute irritation of the urinary bladder leads to increased sensitivity in the colorectum, and conversely, irritation of the colorectum leads to sensitization of the urinary bladder.
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Consensus Report on the Management of Interstitial Cystitis
Tuesday, 28 June 2005
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday Inc.) - The diagnosis and treatment of interstitial cystitis (IC) continues to be a challenge as the etiology and pathogenesis of the disease is unclear.
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